Bacteriology of Urinary Tract Infection in Children Attending Federal Staff Hospital in Abuja
Abstract:
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a term applied
to a variety of clinical conditions ranging from asymptomatic presence of bacteria
in the urine to severe infection of the kidney with resultant sepsis. The study
was designed to identify the bacteria associated with urinary tract infection among
children attending Federal staff hospital, Abuja and to ascertain their antibiogram.
Mid-stream urine samples were collected from the subjects enrolled into the study
and were cultured into Cysteine Lactose electrolyte deficient medium and Blood agar
and incubated appropriately. The plates were read and isolated were subjected to
biochemical reactions and antibiogram were carried out on pathogenic organisms.
The results showed the overall prevalence of 10.8% urinary tract infections among
the studied subjects. The females subject had the highest prevalence of 91.7%
while the male counterpart recorded 8.3%. The age groups 1-5 years had the
highest prevalence of 50.0% while least prevalent of 16.7% were recorded by age
group 6 to 10 years old. Escherichia coli was the highest isolated with 51.7%
while Proteus Species and Streptococcus faecalis recorded the prevalence of
2.5% respectively. This study concluded that urinary tract infections is very common
among children attending Federal staff hospital in Abuja.
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